Reclining chair



May: 12, 1925.

D. BECKE v REGLINING CHAIR Filed'aan. 1924 INVENTOR Um Bww ATTORNEY v Patented May 12,1925.

UITEI) STATES PATENT DORA IBECKE, OF FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA RECLINING CHAIR.

Application filed January 9, 1924. Serial No. 685,166.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Donn BnoKn, a citizen of Hungary, residing at Farrell, in the eounty of Mercer and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to chairs, having more particular reference to the type of chair known as a Morris chair and which is provided with a hinged back arranged for adjustment to different angles with respect to the seat, the invention having for an object the provision of a novel chair of this type, which permits of the back element being swung to any approximation to horizontal position that may be desired.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claim in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a perspective view of my improved chair.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, with the back element more inclined.

Fig. 3 is a detail edge view of one of the struts which is used to hold the back element in adjusted position.

As here embodied my improved chair comprises a seat element which is provided with legs 11 and which may be formed in any suitable manner, with permanent or ren'iovable upholstery. To this seat element is hinged as at 12 a back element 13 which likewise may be formed in any desired manner. To support this back element I provide a pair of chains 15 which are attached at opposite ends respectively to the seat element and the said back element, respectively near the forward end of the seat and the top edge of the hack element, these chains being located one at each side of the chair, and extending obliquely between the said elements when the back is raised.

In order to permit of variation of the angle of the back element the chains 15 are adapted to engage between their ends with struts 17 hinged at their lower ends to the sides of the seat element as at 18 in approximate line with the hinge axis of the back element, these struts preferably formed of flat steel straps. Attached to the contiguous faces of these struts are a number of hooks comprising a pair 20 at the top of each strut which are arranged side by side and which have their bills turned upwardly to have the chains engage over the hooks. Spaced along the said straps are other hooks 21 which are arranged at a suitable distance from one another, according to the number of positions to which it may be desired to adjust the back, and which have their bills turned downwardly so as to have the chains 15 engage under these hooks 21.

When the back is raised to its uppermost position the chains pass over the top hooks 20 on the struts and downward along the struts to be looped between their ends under the lowest of the hooks 21 on the said struts. Accordingly as it may be desired to lower the back the chains are engaged with differ ent ones of the hooks 21, thereby varying the operative lengths of said chains as will be understood. With this construction the back may be lowered to any desired extent.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction herein shown and that various changes and modifications might be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:

A chair comprising a seat element, a back element hinged thereto, chains connected at opposite ends to said seat and back element to hold the latter in position, struts hinged at their lower ends to said seat element, said struts each having a hook with upturned bill at its upper end, and a row of hooks with. downturned bills spaced therealong, said chains being passed either over the top hook or selectively under one of the other hooks to support theback element in adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed signature.

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